Nervous system disorders surpass heart ailments as top cause of illness
Paris, France - Conditions affecting the nervous system -- such as strokes, migraines and dementia -- have surged past heart disease...
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UN agencies warn of ‘explosion’ in Gaza child deaths
Twenty weeks into Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies warned that food and safe water had...
US grants Pfizer vaccine full approval
The decision is expected to ignite a wave of new vaccine mandates in the US
- The vaccine, which will now be marketed under its brand name Comirnaty, is the first to receive it
- The decision is expected to ignite a wave of new vaccine mandates in the US
Despite economic crisis, Lebanon to reopen schools
Rights groups have decried an “education catastrophe”, with more than a million children in Lebanon out of school since the...
- Rights groups have decried an “education catastrophe”, with over a million children in Lebanon out of school since the country’s Covid-19 outbreak began in February last year
- Other students are at risk of never returning due to a financial downturn that has seen poverty rates soar to reach 78 percent of the population
Iran Covid deaths at new daily high as curbs lifted
The ministry said the deaths of 684 people in the past 24 hours brought the total number of fatalities to...
- The ministry said the deaths of 684 people in the past 24 hours brought the total number of fatalities to 102,038
- Iran also registered 36,419 new infections raising the total since the pandemic started to 4,677,114
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Antibody tests for kids to develop vaccine
The survey is being conducted jointly by the health and education ministries and by the army's Home Front command
- The survey is being conducted jointly by the health and education ministries and by the army's Home Front command
- Israel has already begun vaccinating children aged 12 and above
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Riyadh clears Moderna vaccine for people aged between 12 and 17
Saudi Arabia has approved the use of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for people aged between 12 and 17. The kingdom's...
- Clinical studies and reports showed the vaccine's effectiveness and safety
- The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was registered in the Kingdom on July 9, 2021
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Scams infect the pandemic globally
Since the French government made proof of vaccination mandatory to enter cafes and other public places this month, a black...
- Russian mobsters, Chinese hackers and Nigerian scammers use stolen identities to plunder tens of billions of dollars in pandemic aid
- Among the ripest targets for the cybertheft have been jobless programs
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Tackling Covid, reviving economy priorities: Raisi
More than 16.3 million people out of Iran’s 83 million inhabitants have been given a first vaccine dose, but only...
- Raisi has tapped 63-year-old optometrist Bahram Eynollahi as his health minister
- Iran, battling the Middle East's deadliest Covid outbreak, launched a vaccination drive in February
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More than 4m could lose water in Lebanon, warns Unicef
Unicef is calling for the urgent restoration of power supply, which is the only solution to keep water services running.
- Lebanon is currently suffering from one of the world’s worst economic crises since the mid-1800s
- Matters have only been made worse by the withdrawal of fuel subsidies by the country’s central bank
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Next Apple Watch could check for dehydration
With temperatures rising globally, this could be a useful feature for users of this Apple device.
- Apple has recently been granted a patent in this regard by the US Patent and Trademark Office
- The patent shows electrodes in the watch band, through which the electrical properties of sweat will be measured
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Saudi Arabia to send oxygen tanks to Tunisia
King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud has reportedly directed health authorities to provide medical oxygen and accompanying supplies to Tunisia.
- Tunisia has so far received medical aid from several Gulf and North African states
- The UAE sent vaccine doses in July, while Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Egypt sent other aid last month
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Nervous system disorders surpass heart ailments as top cause of illness
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Air pollution causes more than 1,200 deaths a year: EU agency
The EU environmental agency said that air pollution is responsible for causing more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in...
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67mn children missed out on vaccines because of Covid: UNICEF
A grim UNICEF report warns of a potential outbreaks of polio and measles in children who didn't get vaccinated because...
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Glaxo buys Bellus for US$2bn
Move after GSK demerged its consumer healthcare unit.
- GSK has agreed to buy Quebec-based biopharmaceutical Bellus Health Inc. for $14.75 per share, the British drugmaker said in a statement.
- Chronic cough is defined as a persistent cough that lasts more than eight weeks and affects an estimated 28 million people worldwide.
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Special glasses can slow down myopia in children
Developed by Japan's Hoya Corporation, the Miyosmart lenses, which also function as normal glasses to help the children see clearly,...
- Eyewear firm EssilorLuxottica claims its own Stellest lenses reduce myopia's progression by 67 percent when worn at least 12 hours a day.
- Research has suggested that the percentage of people affected by myopia worldwide could surge from 27 percent in 2010 to 52 percent by 2050.
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Medical tourists spent $270m in Dubai during 2022: DHA
Awadh Seghayer Al Ketbi, Director-General of the DHA, said Dubai’s ability to provide high-quality patient-centered medical care has accelerated its...
- 39% percent of the medical tourists were from Asian countries, 22% from Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- The three specialities that saw the highest number of medical tourists were dermatology (31%) dentistry (24%) and gynecology (18%).